COVID-19 cases surge nationwide, as CDC reports 1 million virus deaths

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Less than three years into the pandemic, the U.S. has reached 1 million deaths from COVID-19, the CDC said Monday, per The Associated Press. President Biden last week ordered all federal flags to fly half-staff in recognition of the grim milestone.

Meanwhile, writes The New York Times, "cases are spreading at an alarming rate across the United States, particularly in the Northeast and the Midwest." The wave is probably worse than current counts show considering the results of take-home tests go unrecorded.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.